Philip: 4665 books

Book cover of Serving the Reich

Serving the Reich

The Struggle for the Soul of Physics under Hitler

by Philip Ball
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2014

After World War II, most scientists in Germany maintained that they had been apolitical or actively resisted the Nazi regime, but the true story is much more complicated. In Serving the Reich, Philip Ball takes a fresh look at that controversial history, contrasting the career of Peter Debye, director...
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More and Different

Notes from a Thoughtful Curmudgeon

by Philip W Anderson
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011

Named a Top Five Book of 2012 by Physics Today, USA. Philip Anderson was educated at University High School in Urbana, Illinois, at Harvard (BS 1943, PhD 1949), and further educated at Bell Laboratories, where his career (1949-1984) coincided with the greatest period of that remarkable institution....
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Beyond Weird

Why Everything You Thought You Knew about Quantum Physics Is Different

by Philip Ball
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2018

“Anyone who is not shocked by quantum theory has not understood it.” Since Niels Bohr said this many years ago, quantum mechanics has only been getting more shocking. We now realize that it’s not really telling us that “weird” things happen out of sight, on the tiniest level, in the...
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Dream Finder

Discovering the Divine Through Your Dreams

by Sangeet Duchane, Philip Dunn
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2011

It's a sensible enough notion that our unconscious would contain valuable insights, given that all we experience is stored there. Yet the idea of accessing those insights can be an elusive one, and until now, the subject usually has been discussed in abstract terms. Dream Finder pioneers a more concrete,...
Book cover of The Early Christian Centuries
by Philip Rousseau
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2014

Charting the first six hundred years of the Christian movement, THE EARLY CHRISTIAN CENTURIES carries the reader from the world of second-temple Judaism to the Byzantine age, the rise of Islam, and the beginnings of medieval European polities.With a combination of rare tact and acuity, Philip Rousseau...
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Secret Societies

Revelations About the Freemasons, Templars, Illuminati, Nazis, and the Serpent Cults

by Philip Gardiner
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2007

With his recent best-selling books and hundreds of articles, as well as radio and TV appearances, Philip Gardiner has started a crusade for uncovering the truth, and nothing could be more indicative of that search than his latest foray into the dark and often sinister world of secret societies. Yet...
Book cover of The Book of English Magic
by Philip Carr-Gomm, Richard Heygate
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2010

Through experiments to try and places to visit, as well as a historical exploration of magic and interviews with leading magicians, The Book of English Magic will introduce you to the extraordinary world that lies beneath the surface. Magic runs through the veins of English history, part of daily...
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A Drinkable Feast

A Cocktail Companion to 1920s Paris

by Philip Greene
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2018

A history of the Lost Generation in 1920s Paris told through the lens of the cocktails they loved In the Prohibition era, American cocktail enthusiasts flocked to the one place that would have them--Paris. In this sweeping look at the City of Light, cocktail historian Philip Greene follows...
Book cover of Exploring World Englishes

Exploring World Englishes

Language in a Global Context

by Philip Seargeant
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2012

Routledge Introductions to Applied Linguistics is a series of introductory level textbooks covering the core topics in Applied Linguistics, primarily designed for those beginning postgraduate studies, or taking an introductory MA course as well as advanced undergraduates. Titles in the series are...
Book cover of The 13th Science Fiction MEGAPACK®
by Jay Lake, Lester del Rey, Fritz Leiber
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2016

The 13th Science Fiction MEGAPACK® continues the bestselling anthology series, presenting modern and classic works of speculative fiction. This edition features an interview with author Robert J. Sawyer plus 26 great stories! Included are: SARGASSO OF LOST STARSHIPS, by Poul Anderson THE DAY IS DONE,...
Book cover of The Devil

The Devil

A New Biography

by Philip C. Almond
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2014

"Although the Devil still 'lives' in modern popular culture, for the past 250 years he has become marginal to the dominant concerns of Western intellectual thought. That life could not be thought or imagined without him, that he was a part of the everyday, continually present in nature and history,...
Book cover of England's First Demonologist

England's First Demonologist

Reginald Scot and 'The Discoverie of Witchcraft'

by Philip C. Almond
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2011

The fables of witchcraft have taken so fast hold and deepe root in the heart of man, that few or none can indure with patience the hand and correction of God.' Reginald Scot, whose words these are, published his remarkable book The Discoverie of Witchcraft in 1584. England's first major work of demonology,...
Book cover of Staging Conventions in Medieval English Theatre
by Philip Butterworth
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2014

How was medieval English theatre performed? Many of the modern theatrical concepts and terms used today to discuss the nature of medieval English theatre were never used in medieval times. Concepts and terms such as character, characterisation, truth and belief, costume, acting style, amateur, professional,...
Book cover of The Creeds of Christendom: Volume 1 The History of Creeds
by Philip Schaff
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2018

The Creeds of Christendom: Volume 1 The History of Creeds is a massive work by Philip Schaff, and is the first in a three volume set.
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